David Bosler brings over 35 years of  experience in management, sales, sales management, executive recruiting, hiring profiles and coaching to his clients. His real-life problem-solving know-how in combination with his exceptional communications skills enables him to provide a “coaching/educating solution” to the problems of sales, team building/communications and business development. 

Dave has an international reputation, conducting coaching and training for major corporations all over the world.

He has been the subject of stories in Newsweek, Business Week, Playboy, Successful Business, Investor's Business Daily, major newspapers in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston, Baltimore, Miami, San Francisco, Oakland, St. Louis, Chicago, Los Angeles and many other national and local publications. In addition, Dan has appeared on Good Morning America, NBC-TV news in Philadelphia and other national and local television and radio programs.

Dan wrote a monthly column in Smart Business Now Magazine for five years and is the author of the books Lighten Up and Lead, Stand Back A Second, Just don't fall off the edge, co-author, with Don Martin, of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Successful Leadership and author of The Six Steps To Solid Sales Success (tm) and The Seven Elements of Successful Leadership (tm) programs as well as the audio tape Growing A Successful Business.

Dan currently serves as Executive-In-Residence and Chairman of the Dean's Council at Kutztown University. He sits on the Executive Board of the IVC of Philadelphia, is a Director and Senior Fellow at The Institute for Effective Leadership and Vice-President of the Institute for Ethical Awareness.

He was also officially recognized for his contributions to United States public diplomacy by being chosen to receive the Citizen Diplomacy Award for American Business by the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia (IVC). This award was given to Dan for his work in teaching Russian business executives strategic planning. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives also presented Dan with a "Certificate of Appreciation" for his activities with PMTI.

Ellen Horan is President and CEO of the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She provides leadership and guidance to a staff of 16 and a membership base of 1800 member companies. The GRCCI provides a continuum of business resources and services fostering business development and growth from the entrepreneurial stage through the growth and reinvention stage of the business life cycle. Under Ellen's leadership, the Chamber was recently awarded Five Star Accreditation Status, the highest level of recognition for a Chamber held by only 45 Chambers in the country.

Prior to joining the Chamber, Ellen was President of The Manufacturers Association, a regional trade association comprised of 370 employers from Berks and the surrounding counties. The Association provided advocacy, employee development and employee relations services.

Prior to joining the MABC in 1995, Ellen served as Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Employers Association, based in Valley Forge.  Ellen started her ten year tenure at MEA (formerly called the Manufacturers Association of Delaware Valley) as Manager of Legislative Affairs, responsible for lobbying activities for MEA and a consortium of four other manufacturing associations.  Over time, she advanced in the organization managing additional services and activities including health insurance programs, consulting services and Roundtables activities.

An active member of the Berks County community, Ellen is involved with the following organizations:

• American Council of Chamber Executives, Board member

• Capital Campaign Review Board, Board member

• Berks Business Education Coalition, Board Member

• Greater Reading Convention and Visitors Bureau, Board Member

• National Association of Manufacturers

• Employer Association Group

• American Society of Association Executives

• Workforce Investment Board, Policy Committee

• Penn State Berks Advisory Board, Past Chairman

• Leesport Bank, President's Advisory Board, 2002-2005

• Great Valley Girl Scout Council, Board Member 2002 – 2004

• Women of Distinction Co-Chair, 2002

Ellen resides in Wyomissing and has two children Julianne and Colleen.

Jay S. Sidhu is the Chairman and CEO of New Century Bank with headquarters in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.  He is also Chairman and CEO of Sidhu Advisors, LLC, a private equity and financial services consulting company based in Palm Coast, Florida and Reading, Pennsylvania.  He was the Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Sovereign Bank, a $90 billion financial institution, until his retirement on December 31, 2006.  During his 20 year career at Sovereign, Mr. Sidhu was responsible for growing Sovereign from a small $450 million banking institution with an IPO value of about $12 million to the 17th largest banking institution in the United States with a market capitalization of almost $12 billion at year end 2006. 

Mr. Sidhu has been recognized as Financial World's CEO of the year, Turnaround Entrepreneur of the Year, the Chamber of Commerce's Large Business Leader of the Year, the Caron Foundation's Citizen of the Year, and has also been the recipient of many awards and other honors, including the National Liberty Museum's Hero of Liberty Award. 

CJ Rhoads is an Associate Professor in the College of Business at Kutztown University.  She received her D.Ed. in Educational Technology from Lehigh University, Bethlehem.  Her research interests include entrepreneurship, business strategy, and leadership development, performance metrics, and information technology.  Her twenty five years of experience runs the gamut from successful startups to Vice President in Fortune 500 companies, and she is a widely published book author. Her consulting firm, ETM Associates, Inc. (ETMAssociates.com) specializes in helping organizations diagnose difficulties and soaring to new heights of profitability.

Dr. CJ Rhoads speaks and writes about leadership development, business strategy and technology. She is the founder of ETM Associates, Inc., a thriving enterprise, technology, and  management consulting firm (ETMAssociates.com) in southeastern Pennsylvania. She's also an associate professor in the College of Business at Kutztown University, an avid researcher, and a widely published book author. Her email address is CJRhoads@ETMAssociates.com.

Anne L. Stevens is Chairman, President and CEO of Carpenter Technology Corporation, which is based in Reading, Pa. In Nov. 2006, Ms. Stevens became the first female CEO in the 117­-year history of the company, which produces and distributes specialty alloys and engineered products for the aerospace, automotive, energy, defense and medical markets. No stranger to breaking the glass ceiling in male-dominated industries, Ms. Stevens joined Carpenter from Ford Motor Company, where she was its first female Executive Vice President and served as Chief Operating Officer, The Americas.

Ms. Stevens has been a member of the board of directors of Lockheed Martin Corporation since 2002, and she has been named four times to Fortune magazine's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. In February 2008, she was named No. 5 on Forbes' list of the 10 Top-Returning Female CEOs, based on total return to investors since taking the title. A strong advocate for women and excellence in leadership, Ms. Stevens was also honored in 2008 as one of Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business.

James D. George is Vice President, Community Relations, for The Hershey Company. In this role, George is responsible for the company's corporate social responsibility programs and community involvement, both locally and internationally. 

George joined The Hershey Company in 1984. He held several positions in Hershey's Sales and Sales Management areas prior to becoming the Manager, Merchandising Packaging in 1992. He was promoted to Director, Packaging in 2001, Vice President of Packaging in 2004, and assumed global packaging responsibility in 2006.

George was named Vice President, Community Relations, in February 2008. His responsibilities include management of the company's corporate social responsibility programs, overseeing corporate giving, continuing to strengthen the company's ties with Milton Hershey School and leading community outreach and operations for Hershey's Track & Field Games. In addition, George is responsible for the company's charitable sponsorships, and lends support for programs including United Way and efforts on behalf of the Children's Miracle Network.

George is a graduate of Grove City College with a degree in business administration. He represents The Hershey Company as Coordinator for Project Fellowship, a program designed to build bridges between Milton Hershey School students and houseparents and The Hershey Company employees and their families. He also is a volunteer with Hershey's Track & Field Games.

In the community, George serves on the Children's Miracle Network Advisory Board & Executive Committee, the Hershey Rotary and rides annually in a MS-150 Bike Ride, in support of Multiple Sclerosis.  He is an Eagle Scout, active in the Hershey area Boy Scout program and an elder at Derry Presbyterian Church. 

 George and his family live in Hershey.

Jennifer R. Gaalswyk is the Corporate Manager, Product Stewardship, within Corporate Environment, Health & Safety responsible for product stewardship and corporate sustainability.  She graduated from the University of Delaware with a BS in Chemical Engineering and joined Armstrong in 1993. After working for about 7 years in manufacturing, Jennifer joined the EHS group and has since been involved in Armstrong's various stewardship and sustainability initiatives. Jennifer is a LEED AP and a certified LCA Certified Professional.

Jim Morgan, President and Chief Operation Officer, joined Interstate Resources, Inc., in February 2007. Prior to joining Interstate, Jim served concurrently as the Executive Vice President, Duro Bag Manufacturing Company and President, Duro Designer LLC for five years. Duro, a family-owned business, is the largest global paper bag manufacturer. For the three years prior to Duro, Jim served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Bay State Paper Company, a recycled packaging material supplier in which he was a partner with three individuals and Madison Dearborn Partners. Jim started his career in the paper/packaging business with a nine-year contribution to Gaylord Container Corporation, in positions of increasing responsibility across the corporate leadership, mill, sheet feeder and flexible packaging segments of Gaylord. Before joining the paper/packaging industry, Jim served in increasingly responsible roles with Cooper Industries/McGraw-Edison and Rohr Industries/B.F. Goodrich Aerospace, where he focused on the Operational and Human Resources disciplines at these heavy equipment manufacturers.

Jim holds a MS in Industrial Relations and a BS in Economics from West Virginia University.

Stephen Clevett is a recognized leader in the energy sector with over two decades of commercial transaction experience acquiring, developing, financing and restructuring projects for both domestic and international clients, as well as leading a broad array of merger and acquisition activities on both the buy and sell side. His credentials include key management, development and project finance roles in dozens of large-scale power generation projects with an aggregate value in excess of $1.4 billion as well as several well-publicized energy sector mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Clevett served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Optimira Energy Group a leading energy services company (ESCO). He held various positions within the Bechtel Enterprises Group; including director of corporate development at U.S. Generating Company and asset manager of on-site cogeneration projects for multinational industrials. Mr. Clevett started his career as an engineer for Hess Corporation at the St. Croix refinery. Mr. Clevett holds an M.B.A. from Rutgers Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Jeff Celuch is the President of ThermalTech Engineering, a consulting engineering firm specializing in the analysis and design of electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems.  As the head of the utilities specialty group, he has over 25 years of experience designing utility systems for a wide variety of industries.  He specializes in greenhouse gas reduction and energy conservation analyses.

Raymond H. Melcher, Jr. has 32 years experience with both private and publicly-owned companies. He is currently Managing Principal of Marathon Business Group, LLC, an advisory  firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and the sale of small to medium size businesses. In addition to  merger and acquisition advisory services, he  also  consults for banks, insurance agencies, securities firms  and  other companies in the manufacturing, transportation and fundraising and promotion industries. His consulting engagements have involved financial management, marketing planning, strategic planning, and capital raising for growth and expansion.  He is also President and Owner of a family business, Family Mobility, LLC, a durable medical equipment retailer specializing in equipment for people who need assistance being mobile due to illness, disability or injury.    

Previously, Melcher was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Leesport Financial Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Leesport Bank, Essick and Barr Insurance and Madison Financial Advisors.  Melcher joined Leesport in 1998 and has received nationwide recognition for being the architecht of the plan and leader of the   effort from 1998 to 2005  to grow Leesport from $200 million of assets to more than $900  million of assets and to have expanded and diversified the company's product offerings while strengthening the company's financial platform and increasing interest from the investment community. During his Leesport tenure, he presided over 11 acquisitions, divestitures or joint ventures.

He earned his MBA from St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, and Bachelor of Arts degrees from both Kutztown University and Alvernia College.  He also attended numerous advanced banking, management and leadership development schools and programs. He has also  lectured at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and is a frequent speaker at business seminars and conferences.

Active in many civic, community, charitable and professional organizations, Melcher currently serves as President of both the Kutztown University Foundation and the Hawk Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Bank Insurance and Securities Assn, a national trade association,  the Humane Society of Berks County, and  the Delaware Valley Golden  Retrievers Rescue League. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Berks County Conservancy, is a member of the Business Executives Forum, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Melcher formerly served on the Board of Directors and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Bankers Assn. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Berks County Chamber of Commerce and served on the Boards of the Police Athletic League, YMCA, Wyomissing Rotary Club, Berks Enterprise for Regional Comprehensive Services, Inc., the Berks Economic Parnership, Berks County YR Club,  Reading Alloys, Inc.(a private, for profit company) and many other organizations.

The recipient of numerous professional and community awards, most recently, Melcher was honored as the Business Leader of the Year (large business category) in 2000 by the Berks County Chamber of Commerce, won the Eastern Pennsylvania Executive Spotlight Award in 2001, received the Community Leadership By Example Award  from the Senior Citizens Council in 2002,  in 2003 was named a Distinguished Alumni of Alvernia College and in 2005 was awarded the Citation for Service to Kutztown University.

He enjoys reading, golf, dogs, and travel and is the father of two sons Patrick and Timothy.

Donald L. Martin is a regionally recognized trainer, mentor, business developer, public speaker and master salesman.

He was the founder and former owner of Learning Resources Technical Training Consultants, Inc. and Partners In Change Inc., both highly successful companies in training and organizational development.  His motto is “Your Success Is My Mission,” and he inspires through leadership and through modeling of leadership behaviors. He has taught at the high school and college level and created one of the first alternative high schools in the United States working with troubled high school students.  

James Chan, Ph.D., is founder and president of Asia Marketing and Management (AMM), a Philadelphia-based consultancy specialized in advising U.S. firms on doing business in China. He wrote several books, including Spare Room Tycoon, that tells the real-life stories and hard-won skills of how 40 men and women have turned their personal visions into successful businesses.

An experienced, animated public speaker in three languages—English, Mandarin Chinese, and the Cantonese dialect—James Chan offers customized seminars designed to help companies export their products and services to China and other Asian markets.

Born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1949, Dr. Chan received his Ph.D. in Chinese geography in 1977 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A. in 1973 from the University of Chicago, and B.A. in 1970 from the University of Hong Kong.

(Click here to watch Mr. Chan's speech: Pitfalls and successes of entrepreneurs)

Richard J. Principato is the President & CEO of Tower Products, Inc., a manufacturer of pressroom chemical products for the printing industry in Easton, PA.  In 1992, Richard received a technical award and obtained a US patent on low volatility cleaning composition for printing inks. This is a low emissions cleaning technology for reducing volatile organic compounds from the cleaning of printing inks.  This technology is widely used in the commercial printing and newspaper printing industry. Under his leadership, the Tower Products, Inc. continues to expand its product lines.

An active member of the eastern Pennsylvania community, Richard is the recipient of the 2003 Community Spirit Award, presented by the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. His community services include the following:

• President and Board of Directors of the Children's Home of Easton Services.  

• Chairman of the Development Committee of Children's Home of Easton.

• Past President and board member of Business, Industry and Professional Association of Palmer Township. 

• Member of Palmer Township and Forks Township Kiwanis Clubs.

• Community representative to the Forks Township Police Strategic Planning Committee.

• Developer and Provider of the Richard A. Principato Scholarship Award given to a student at Wilson, Easton Area High School or Notre Dame High School studying a four year degree in business.

• Board Member and Current Board Chair President, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce-TRACC/Easton Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Richard is married to Megan Principato (Haldeman) and has three children: Mark 23, Alyssa 20, and Lauren 16.                                    

Frederick Beste III, CEO of the general partners of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds (MAVF), has spent his entire 41-year career in the venture capital industry.  He joined MAVF in 1984 as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of its first general partner.  MAVF is comprised of four venture capital limited partnerships totaling approximately $200 million in capital.  The funds focus on seed and start-up stage investments, primarily in technology-based companies located in the mid-Atlantic.  Since 2008, he has also served as Partner Emeritus/shareholder of the general partner of Originate Ventures, a $50 million venture fund with the same investment profile. 

Fred has been widely published on the subjects of venture capital and entrepreneurship, and has done extensive public speaking on both subjects as well.  He was the recipient of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group's 1995 Blair Thompson Memorial Award for career achievement in venture capital, and Early Stage East's inaugural (2001) Sal Buccieri Memorial Venture Impact Award for early stage venture capital investment achievement.  Since 2000, he has taught a second-year MBA class at Cornell University, Case Studies in Entrepreneurial Finance.

Paul E. Huck was appointed vice president and chief financial officer of Air Products in 2004 and assumed his current position as senior vice president and chief financial officer in October 2007. He is responsible for Air Products’ global finance organization and a member of the company’s Corporate Executive Committee.

Mr. Huck joined Air Products in 1979 as a financial analyst in the financial planning department. He was promoted several times beforeassuming his current position.

Mr. Huck was born in 1950 in Orange, New Jersey. He earned an M.B.A. from
Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management in 1979. He served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1979.
 

Dale Rothenberger entered the sales/marketing consulting space from an 18-year career in Engineering and Project Management. Using the analytical approach to marketing and sales process, Dale has been effective in identifying and qualifying key markets and accounts, then converting "prospects" to "clients". He brings a unique talent to clients, providing process mapping, details of negotiation and sale, as well as a seasoned Business Development professional. Dale is currently the Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Square 2 Marketing - a firm recognized as a "thought leader" in marketing effectiveness.

Kevin P. Wren has significant amount of professional experience in Financial Services and Consulting. His expertise is in leading and delivering high impact business change initiatives, as well as managing complex efforts and mobilizing diverse resources to deliver results. Some of his experience include the following:

• Aligning stakeholders to shape actionable views of “How things Are” and “Could Be”
• Leading People to reach beyond “business as usual “to see and act on new opportunities.
• Collaborating across organizations and partners to innovate in new ways.
• Delivering new hybrid product/service offers that attract new customers and build loyalty with the existing customers.
• Originating effective “end to end” platform solutions that meet immediate business needs , linked to the business model and financial plans.

Kevin is currently active on various Boards and community organizations. Most recently :

• Leading a Strategic Plan development effort for a major Health Care system’s Home Health Services.
• Education Technology Strategy ( K-12)
• Angel Investing

As a Member in the Corporate Law Department at Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., Stanley P. Jaskiewicz assists and advises privately-held and family-held businesses on a wide range of legal matters, including contracts law, secured lending and negotiated acquisitions, Internet and technology law, corporate governance, intellectual property, regulatory counseling , fine arts law and foreign law. Mr. Jaskiewicz was elected by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, in the practice areas of Corporate/Securities Law, Closely Held Businesses and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mr. Jaskiewicz has been named a Contributing Editor of e-Commerce Law and Strategy, and regularly publishes columns on technology law issues in that journal and its affiliated publications. Well-respected for his knowledge of corporate law and regulatory affairs, Mr. Jaskiewicz has published articles in journals such as the UCC Bulletin, Trusts and Estates, American Banker, e-Commerce Law and Strategy, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Entrepreneurial Edge, Philadelphia and South Jersey Small Business Advisory, Focus, The Legal Intelligencer, Small Business News Philadelphia, Lawyers Digest, Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal and ADV.

Mr. Jaskiewicz has been admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude, and he received a degree in economics (with distinction) from Yale, summa cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, wrote for several student publications, and was Manager of the Yale Precision Marching Band for two years. After graduation, he served on the Philadelphia Yale Alumni Schools Committee.

He is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and has served as a volunteer attorney with the Philadelphia Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc. He is a member of the Finance and Pastoral Council committees of Corpus Christi Parish in Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania , and serves as a lector. He has been named to the Board of Directors of The YMCA of Greater Philadelphia & Vicinity, and is on the Publicity Committee. He has also been named to the Board of Directors of Manna on Main Street, a food cupboard and emergency social services agency in Lansdale, PA. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of The North Penn Special Education Council in Lansdale , Pennsylvania , and is active in several other organizations for parents of children with disabilities, including as a coach and coordinator of the Challenger Division of Horsham Little League. He is a Member of the Penn Autism Network Advisory Committee and he is active in fund raising for his alma mater, Saint Joseph 's Preparatory School, and for the Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc. in Philadelphia , where he has frequently been the leading individual fundraiser for its annual Stroll and Roll event, and was awarded the Strut Your Stuff Award "for 15 years of Dedicated Support." He has also published articles in The Catholic Standard & Times in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in a compilation of essays by parents of autistic children, "Autism: Heartfelt Thoughts From Fathers." He is also a member of Tim Academy's Board of Directors, a nonprofit that provides training to teachers of children with autism. Mr. Jaskiewicz is listed in the 2008 SuperLawyers Corporate Counsel edition in the Business/Finance section.

 

David Freschman is a Managing Principal of Innovation Capital Advisors, LLC (ICA). ICA serves as the management company of Innovation Ventures, L.P. (IV), a licensed SBIC, and the Delaware Innovation Fund (DIF), a state and community sponsored economic development venture capital firm. Mr. Freschman has been responsible for all aspects of IV’s and the DIF’s management since its inception, including the business strategy, fiscal and operational management, raising investment capital, and evaluating all investment opportunities and portfolio company management. He served as the President and CEO of the DIF since its establishment in 1995. The DIF is a seed and early stage venture capital fund that focuses on entrepreneurial ventures in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Mr. Freschman is active in the venture and entrepreneurial communities, sits on a number of Boards, and has been a lecturer on such topics at The White House Conference on Small Business, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, the University of Delaware, Goldey-Beacom College, and Loyola College in Baltimore. He is the creator and founder of Early Stage East – the premier early stage venture capital fair on the East Coast. In 2001, Mr. Freschman was appointed by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to chair the venture capital study of the state’s Strategic Economic Council. Mr. Freschman was appointed and served a three-year term representing New Castle County, Delaware on the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.  Mr. Freschman was awarded Small Business Financial Advocate of the Year by the US Small Business Administration.

Mr. Freschman has served on various boards of directors of companies including Foxfire Printing and Packaging, Business Intelligence International, Skill Survey, Smart Button, Market Data Insite, Solstice Software and Maverick Network Solutions, among others.  He is also actively involved in community activities and has served on the boards of the Kutz Home Nursing Home, New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Delaware, Delaware Society of CPA’s, and the American Israel Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Prior to establishing the DIF, Mr. Freschman was responsible for the formation of the corporate finance advisory division of McBride Shopa and Company, one of the largest certified public accounting and consulting firms in Delaware. Mr. Freschman began his career with the Enterprise Group of the Philadelphia office of Arthur Andersen, LLP, from 1984 through 1989. Mr. Freschman graduated with honors with an MBA from Loyola College of Maryland and cum laude from the University of Delaware with a B.S. in accounting, where he was a John B. Lynch Scholar. He is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma – the National Honor Society.  

J. Gregory Payne is an Associate Professor in Emerson College's Department of Communication Studies. He is Director of the Center for Ethics in Political and Health Communication, which he co-founded in 1996. He also has taught at Tufts University's Department of Family Medicine and Yale University'sGlobal Marketing, a joint Health Communication program with Tufts School of Medicine, the first joint degree program of its kind, Marketing Communication and Political Communication. During this time, the number of graduates in the program increased from single digits to over 350. Dr. Payne also started and currently advises the Emerson chapter of the Communications, Politics & Law Association (CPLA) which hosts numerous guest speakers, events and trips for students throughout the course of each academic year.

He received his B.A, M.A. and Ph.D at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi) where he was a NDEA Fellow and a participant in the Big Ten Traveling Scholar Program with graduate work at Illinois, Wisconsin and the University of Southern California. Payne also earned an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
 

John T. Tighe III is the Founder, President and CEO of TMG Health, Inc., the leading business process outsourcing company serving the Medicare and Medicaid markets. With nearly 1,200 employees and over $100 million in revenue, TMG Health supports over 2.6 million members and serves 42 clients operating in all 50 states. Tighe is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Villanova University. He worked as former PA Governor Casey’s Deputy of Staff, where he was the prime staff architect of Pennsylvania's Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and co-founded the Pennsylvania Employee Benefit Trust Fund (PEBTF). He also served as Senior Vice President of Government Programs for Independence Blue Cross (IBC) developing and operating Medicare and Medicaid HMO businesses, and developed the nation’s first Medicare PPO health plan under a CMS demonstration program in 1997. Today, in addition to his work at TMG, Tighe serves as the newest Chairman of the Pennsylvania Business Council and is on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Lackawanna & Wayne Counties.
 

Gaetan Giannini is an Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Department of Business, Management and Economics at Cedar Crest College, as well as a sales and marketing speaker, consultant and writer.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology from Temple University and an MBA from Seton Hall University, Gaetan worked in sales and marketing management for a small, process instrumentation company before moving to a multinational firm in the same industry.

Following a productive corporate career he started his own marketing consulting firm, Giannini O’Connor LLC which he ran until entering academia.
 

Edward C. Barrett is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for VIST Financial Corp., a $1.2 billion diversified financial services company headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.Mr. Barrett joined VIST Financial Corp.(formerly Leesport Financial corp.) in 2002 as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. He had been a member of the Board of Directors since 1998.

Prior to VIST, Mr. Barrett was President of the Technology Division of Verso Technologies (formerly Eltrax Systems), a successor company of Hi-TECH Connections, Inc a company founded by Mr. Barrett.

Mr. Barrett earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education and Accounting from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg PA.

Active in his community, Mr. Barrett currently serves as Director on the Board of Directors for the Berks Encore and President of Facilities Management Corp. He is also a former Chairman of the Board of Threshold Rehabilitation Services, a past Council Member and past Financial Committee member of Sacred Heart Parish, and a Past President of the Shillington Rotary.

A Certified Public Accountant, he is also active in the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

A father of four, Mr. Barrett and his wife reside in Wyomissing, where he enjoys golfing and piloting.

 

Daniel Endy has extensive experience in all areas of IT and has led the specification, construction and implementation of many large-scale web applications, custom projects, and Intranet/Extranet portals and collaboration systems for Coates Analytics, InfoMC, DoctorQuality, Ajunto, US Interactive, and their clients. A few of the famous clients Daniel has worked with directly include: Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Wachovia, Sacramento Department of Behavioral Health Care, Horizon Blue Cross, IBM, Towers Perrin, Deloitte, GE, Toshiba, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Martha Stewart, Adidas, and many others.

At the forefront of technology since earning a BS in Computer Engineering from Boston University, Daniel quickly moved from hardware, to software. In May of 1994 with the release of the original Mosaic browser, Daniel recognized that the Web was going to change everything. In January of 1995, Daniel left the corporate world and started one of the first web development agencies and established himself as a web pioneer, defining the practice of web development and consulting.

Daniel merged Web Access with MasterSmith Consulting to become US Interactive. He led USI's web development and project management departments as they grew to over 250 employees in 5 offices in Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New Jersey.
Since USI, he has served as Founder, COO, and CIO for many startups and young companies, and has also advised, and invested in, many local startups.
You can read more about Daniel's background here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielendy 
You can follow Daniel's personal Twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/DanielEndy 

 

Dr. Gardner has taught classes in Organizational Behavior,
Organizational Theory, Social Issues in Management, Business Ethics
and International Management. She has published articles in the area
of corporate social responsibility and business ethics and is
currently researching business organizations that are on the leading
edge of corporate social responsibility and the sustainability
movements.
 

Daniel P. McCartney, graduate of Villanova University, is CEO and Chairman of the Board since the company’s founding in 1977. Dan has brought the company from a small, localized corporation to a nationwide publicly-traded firm providing housekeeping, laundry and food services to over 2,000 facilities in 43 states. Healthcare Services Group is the largest provider of housekeeping and laundry services to the long-term care industry in the U.S.